Photo: Paul VanDerWerf from Brunswick, Maine, USA · CC BY 2.0Living in Old Orchard Beach, ME: what to set up and who to call
Elections in Old Orchard Beach are run by Old Orchard Beach itself; register with the Old Town Town Clerk. Old Orchard Beach has its own train station.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Old Orchard Beach, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Old Orchard Beach.
Power comes from Central Maine Power
Central Maine Power (Central Maine Power Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Old Orchard Beach. Its homes paid an average of 27.4¢ per kWh in 2025, about $147 a month (its average across Maine, for customers on its standard service). Maine lets you buy power from another supplier; 8% of Central Maine Power’s home customers do, and Central Maine Power still delivers it.
Start or move service: cmpco.com · (800) 750-4000
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Maine Water Company Biddeford Saco Div
Maine Water Company Biddeford Saco Div supplies Old Orchard Beach: about 81% of residents live in its service area. About 14% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws surface water (EPA lists Kennebunk, Kennebunkport & Wells WD as seller) and serves 42,508 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. Results below detection are reported as 0, so 0 doesn’t mean no lead at any tap.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. ME0090170.
7 home internet providers serve Old Orchard Beach
100% of 5,117 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 85% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 99% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Fidium Fiber | Fiber | 74% | 2,000/2,000 |
| GoNetspeed | Fiber | 68% | 2,000/2,000 |
| Consolidated Communications | DSL | 9% | 10/1 |
| Redzone Wireless | Fixed wireless | 86% | 50/15 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 43% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Old Orchard Beach depends on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Old Orchard Beach, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s dayFind your street’s day on oobmaine.com →
- RecyclingEvery week
When a holiday falls on a weekday, pickup slides one day later for the rest of that week.
Public Works Transfer Station
Dirigo Drive, Old Orchard Beach, ME 04064
- Tue7:30 am–2:30 pm
- Wed7:30 am–2:30 pm
- Thu7:30 am–2:30 pm
- Fri7:30 am–2:30 pm
- Sat7:30 am–2:30 pm
From oobmaine.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2022-12-20, 2022-12-20T12:04:55+00:00, 2025-03-14T13:15:52+00:00, 2026-01-30, 2026-01-30T14:35:01+00:00, 2026-04-09, 2026-04-09T15:23:37+00:00. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Old Orchard Beach is in Region School Unit 23.
CSchool gradeSee Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Oct 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Old Orchard Beach spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Old Orchard Beach residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Old Orchard Beach | ZIP’s residents in Old Orchard Beach |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04064 | Old Orchard Beach, ME | 94% | 100% |
| 04063 | Ocean Park, ME | 6% | 100% |
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
Train: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Old Orchard Beach
Who supplies Old Orchard Beach’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Maine Water Company Biddeford Saco Div (EPA ID ME0090170). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.0 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Old Orchard Beach?
Central Maine Power (Central Maine Power Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 27.4¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Old Orchard Beach?
Spectrum, Fidium Fiber, GoNetspeed, Consolidated Communications, Redzone Wireless, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Old Orchard Beach?
04064 (94%), 04063 (6%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Old Orchard Beach in?
Region School Unit 23.
How do I register to vote in Old Orchard Beach?
In Maine you can register online until 21 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (received 21 days before). Elections here are run by the Old Town Town Clerk. Check your registration at maine.gov.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: Old Orchard Beach’s own website (oobmaine.com), read Oct 21, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.